Deal Alert: Box cloud storage giving away 25GB of online space

Although we’re all about Microsoft’s ecosystem around these parts, we’re not going to pass on a good deal especially if you have a specific need. Box (box.com) cloud storage, akin to Dropbox, SkyDrive and SugarSync, is a cloud based syncing and storage service.

They usually offer 5GB of space for free but have a special running where you get bumped up to 25GB (new customers only).

What makes Box a compelling option is of course their Windows support--they have a full desktop sync client and Windows 8 RT app in addition to sporting an official app for Windows Phone 7.x and 8 (suck on that, Dropbox). The app is quite good and similar to the SkyDrive experience.

In case you are wondering why Box is better than say Dropbox, the site SmalNetBuilder did a nice comparison, noting that Box is better geared for enterprise users:

“Box is a far more complete solution that offers features like content management, online workspaces geared for collaboration, task management, granular user and group permissions, admin account transfers and a built-in editor. High level features, custom options for embedding files into a website, Google Apps integration and administrative controls allow Box users to create and manage a complete work space environment.”

Last we checked (though we could be wrong), a 25GB account with Box would run you $9.99 a month as opposed to this free offer. Even if you don’t have an immediate usage for it, it may be worth signing up if you haven’t already to lock this deal in.

I wonder if we will ever see an Xbox app for these other services. I guess when the next one comes out running Windows Rt without the desktop. Anyway this is a great deal and I'm signing up. Still pissed that MS can't/won't transfer over my SkyDrive limit from my @msn to my @outlook.

I use both Box and SkyDrive. I got the 25GB with an HP Touchpad. Good stuff. As the article says, they are not on board with the whole "Make it a streaming Cloud media server" thing yet and the file size limit is the biggest drawback. As a Music Storage Device for back up its good. Most MP3 songs under 8 minutes will fit under the limit at 320 Kbps.

After i saw this i instantly signed up one, despite having no use for it yet. But, who knows, it might become useful in future, thanks for the share.
Most of the students in my campus use dropbox, though i dont really like dropbox that much. 2Gb of free storage is a joke

thanks, i got the 25 GB but i waana ask something.....when i go in my account settings it shows 25 GB storage available and 10GB of bandwidth available.....what does the bandwith here imply and how is it gonna be used ???

If you want to protect a large amount of data, try Amazon Cloud Drive / S3 / Glacier instead. No stupid restrictions, extremely reasonable pricing, rock solid. I haven't done much with Cloud Drive yet but I've been happily using S3 for years and it's never let me down.

One of the things HP did well with the TouchPad was the deal with Box to offer 50GB free with 1GB file size limit. Glad I got that when it was available. I tried setting one up for my wife recently on the Touchpad and she got 50GB free but 100MB size limit...

I didnt notice the link when I read this and just signed up on my phone. When I noticed I only had 5GBs, I contacted support and asked them if I could have my account upgraded for the promo - they had it done in less than an hour.

They've got at least one feature I wish SkyDrive had (if I'm understanding it right): Upload a new version of a file and keep the same sharing link intact. You won't run into this problem on SkyDrive if editing, say, a word document via the web app or office... but edit it elsewhere (or a non-office document) and you can't upload "over" the diocument... which Box seems to do.

I hate how their installer doesn't give the option to install to another partition/drive on my PC. I have an SSD as my Windows drive and am trying to keep the 40GB of free space I have on there, well, free. Humbug.